Xu Yuan came to the natural residence alone today, and Su Jun rested at home. Lao Yang, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, saw Xu Yuan and said, "Owner, a guy just now sent a stack of papers, saying that it was for you." Lao Yang took the paper pressed on the counter to Xu Yuan. This is the manuscript of Xu Yuan's journey to the west that Xu Yuan went to the printing workshop yesterday to let them print, and when it is ready, it will be sent to the natural residence, which is enough for the teahouse for them to talk about for two days.

"Got it. Now the business is not busy, find a few guys to help me deliver it to the teahouse, and I will write you a list. Xu Yuan picked up the paper on the counter and wrote the names of those teahouses. The word of the owner is so good. "I've spent all my time on this before, and I'll be ashamed to see people if it's not good."

Lao Yang called out to the two guys and told them to go and send the manuscript over. Business is getting better and better these days, and the Ruyi Building at the end of the street is afraid that it will not be able to sit still, judging from their previous methods, I am afraid that they still have to use some shady tricks.

However, Lao Yang Gang gave Xu Yuan a good news, last night Ning Zhifu came to the natural residence, and after eating, he was full of praise for the dishes here. If Ruyilou finds some small officials to make trouble, it is not that there is no power to fight back. Xu Yuan thought in his heart, it was not a matter to let a hungry wolf sleep next to him like this, so he had to pull it out. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Brother Xu." Zhao Qi came in from the door and saw Xu Yuan at a glance. When Xu Yuan saw Zhao Qi, he knew it in his heart. "Brother Zhao, come, let's go upstairs to talk. The shopkeeper, make a pot of tea. The two went upstairs and took a seat in a private room.

"Brother Zhao doesn't know what happened to me?" Xu Yuan asked. "The person who went to my printing workshop yesterday should be Brother Xu. I don't say dark words, my family wants to help you print your journey to the west. I wonder if we can cooperate? Zhao Qi said, and could see that he was still a little anxious.

The guy served tea, and Xu Yuan made a cup for Zhao Qi and himself. The printing that Zhao Qi said was for sale, and the book of Journey to the West was printed and sold to others. After taking a sip of tea, Xu Yuan said: "I am naturally willing to cooperate with Brother Zhao, but I'm afraid I can't do it now." ”

"Why?" Zhao Qi looked puzzled.

"To tell you the truth, I have already sold this manuscript to several shopkeepers of the teahouse, and they will rely on my journey to the west to attract business for the next period of time, if the price of selling it to them is cheap, I can make sense for you to print this book edition, but the price I sold to them is not low, so I'm afraid I can't cooperate with you." What he wants is a profit from the teahouse during the Journey to the West.

"That's a shame." Seeing that Xu Yuan had no intention of cooperating, Zhao Qi was also a little disappointed.

"When they're done, we can print a few copies and try it." Xu Yuandao. As a scholar, it is not easy for Zhao Qi to run for his family's business like this. You must know that in this era, the status of businessmen is not high, and he, a scholar, "deigned" to do these business affairs for his home, which couldn't help but make Xu Yuangao look at him. Xu Yuan inquired with Lao Yang, the Zhao family behind Zhao Qi is also interesting, his father has a high reputation in the family, and basically all the clansmen are convinced of his father, which is also the reason why Xu Yuan chose Zhao Qi, if it is a family with constant internal strife, it is indeed a headache for the people who cooperate.

Zhao Qi sat down with Xu Yuan for a while, and then left in a hurry. He is a student of Huining Academy, not as idle as Xu Yuan.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, he instructed Lao Yang a few words, and Xu Yuan went home slowly. Pushing open the door, Wu's mother was killing chickens with a knife, grabbing the root of the hen's wings with one hand and a kitchen knife with the other. The bell was next to him, he didn't dare to look at it, but he was a little curious, and he secretly glanced at it from time to time. Before going out, he asked Wu's mother to buy a hen and give Su Jun a stew pot of chicken soup to drink at noon.

Mother Wu put the chicken blood in the sea bowl, saw Xu Yuan come in, and said, "Master, you are back." Xu Yuan nodded, saw that Ling'er was still standing there watching, and patted her head: "Is it so good-looking?" ”

"Mother Wu is so powerful, that chicken can't fly in her hands." She stuck out her tongue.

"Where's Madame?" Xu Yuandao.

"Madame is embroidering in the room." Bell said. On the other side, Mother Wu shaved all the chicken feathers and prepared to stew.

"Chicken soup at noon, do you like it or not?"

"Sir, don't treat me like a child." The little bell puffed out her little mouth and looked unhappy. Xu Yuan smiled, isn't he just a child.

"Okay, well, Ling'er is an adult, then you go to the kitchen to help Mother Wu." Xu Yuandao. "Okay." As if finding the value of life, the little girl jumped up and down to the kitchen, hoping that she was not going to make a mess.

Entering the door, Su Jun embroidered the flowers carefully, and couldn't see the patterns on it clearly. When she saw Xu Yuan, she smiled, a little amorous. "Are you feeling better?" Pulling a chair casually, Xu Yuan sat down. "Yes, it's better."

Su Jun didn't care about him, and concentrated on embroidery. Xu Yuan sat alone, there was nothing left and right, he went to the courtyard to fight and sweat. The butler commanded several young men, carrying iron utensils, conduits, containers, and so on. The housekeeper's surname is Wang, he used to manage accounts in Su Mansion, he is in his fifties, and it is estimated that the uncle of the Su family asked him to support the elderly. This is a picture drawn by Xu Yuan a few days ago, and he told the old housekeeper to go to the blacksmith shop to build it. He specially asked Lao Wang to divide three places to create these things.

This is a simple distillation device, and Xu Yuan wants to use it to make some high-grade liquor. A few guys quickly moved things into an idle room, Xu Yuan made a lot of these things, and it took him some effort to put them together. Lao Wang settled the wages of his men at the door, and was a little curious about these things that Xu Yuan was going to do, but he was an old man, and it was better to know some things than to know. He only had to do what Xu Yuan had ordered, and the rest was not within his consideration.

Lunch was very warm, and Xu Yuan enjoyed this feeling of home. After eating, the sun was still a little big, Xu Yuan read the book in the study, and then told Ling'er about Journey to the West, the little girl listened to it with great interest for a while, and then she went to play backgammon with Su Jun. Holding a chessboard, Bell pushed open Su Jun's door, and then carefully closed it. The two girls were playing backgammon in the house, but an uninvited guest came outside.

Xu Yuan invited Liang Lun to come in and looked at the young man curiously. He was wearing a silk robe, carrying a jade pendant carved with cloud patterns and bats around his waist, his hair was tied up, and his eyebrows and eyes were not as flamboyant as they had been a few days ago, but a little haggard.

Xu Yuan poured a bowl of water for Liang Lun and asked, "Is there something wrong with the little prince?" "Liang Lun didn't drink any water, he was a little excited." I went back yesterday and thought about it all night, and I think you have a point. But I still want to give it a try. Liang Lun stared at Xu Yuan, his eyes burning.

"Oh, what do you want to do?"

"My father is a person who hates me the most for not being able to learn. If I do some grades, he will look at me differently, and then I will have the right to speak at home. Liang Lun is rarely serious, "I have thought about it, I can't be an official, even if I am someone else, it will definitely be for my face." I don't know what to do, so I'm coming to you. Xu Yuan was surprised: "Why me?" ”

"My sister said it, listen to you, and I think you're very powerful." Liang Lun Dao.

"This is not a trivial matter, are you sure you want me to help you?" Xu Yuan said, "Actually, I don't know much, I only have one thing that I'm good at." ”

"What?"

"Make money." Xu Yuan took a sip of tea unhurriedly and waited for Liang Lun's reaction.

"But I'm not short of money." Liang Lun looked disappointed.

"No, no, no, it's not about money. It's actually very simple, you want to prove yourself to your dad and do something big, right? Xu Yuan said, "You are not short of money, but doing something can really make your father look up to you." ”

Liang Lun nodded and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

"Do business."

"Doing business?" Liang Lun almost didn't write on his face that you seemed to be teasing me, let him do such a low-end businessman's business, I'm afraid it will make his father look down on it even more.

"It's business, do you think doing business hurts your face? No, don't worry, this will be the most face-saving thing you've ever done. Xu Yuan said inscrutablely, "Moreover, I am very good at it." ”